Chemical composition of the essential oil of Tanacetum polycephalum (Schultz Bip. ssp heterophyllum)

The oils obtained by steam distillation of the flowers and leaves of Tannce tum polycephalum growing wild in Iran were investigated by a combination of GC and CC-MS. About 10 compounds in the flowers and 10 compounds in the le aves have been identified. The main constituents of the oil of the flowers were camphor (59.1%), camphene (14.9%) and 1,8-cineole (10.1%), whereas the leaves oil comprised mainly camphor (53.5%), bornyl acetate (12.1%), camph ene (10.9%), 1,8-cineol (7.8%) and borneol (6.1%). Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.